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wares like to have burnt my hand 

 with it before I could lay it a- 

 Gde. 



I made the like Trial with the 

 fame Corrofive Menftruum \, aqd 

 common Aqua vit£ bought at a 

 Strong- water- (hop 3 by the mixture 

 of which Liquors 3 Heat was pro- 

 duced in the Vial that I could not 

 Well endure. 



The like fuccefs I had in an Ex- 

 periment wherein Oyl of Vitriol 

 was mixt with common Brandy 5 

 fave that in this the Heat produced 

 feern'd not fo intenfe as in the for- 

 mer Trial , which it felf afforded 

 not fo fierce a Heat as that which 

 was made with re&ified Spirit of 

 Wine. 



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